Time-book.



J. M. SPIKER.

TIME BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1907.

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TIME-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M. SPIKER, 'a

citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kaneand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Time-Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement .in time books, and the object isto provide whichhas the usual ruling for the names of different partiesalong the edge of the sheet, and across this vertical rulings are madefor each day in the week, as at 2, and beyond this for the total time,and so on, for the convenience of the user. Atthe top of the sheetsymbols 3, 3 are formed together with marginal spaces having rulingsleading therefrom on which-can be indicated the' class of work thesymbol or marginal space is to indicate, as for instance, the squaresymbol could represent laying stone, and the symbol in the shape of thelet-ter O excavating, and so on. The, object of the -marginal space isfor any symbol to be inserted, or-the symbol omitted entirely, and

i a numeral on the ruling opposite the name of a symbol, withoutasymbol, will be understood as representing the hours of workdone' onthe class of work specified opposite the marginal space located alongthe edge of the sheet.

To illustrate how this time record is kept by means of symbols and theclasses of work he works 8 hours each day laying stone,

which gives him a total of 43 hours for the week. These differentsymbols are indithem in the ruling for that day,'"'andthe number ofhours is inserted in the symbol or opposite it. can readily tell justthe class of work the man has been doing, the number of hours spent indoing the job, and the number of hours he has worked during the week. By

Patented Sept. 10,1912. Application filed September 27, 1907. Serial so.394,921.

cated for the day of the week by placing In this way the contractorcertain symbbls or letters he could tell the manner in which theemployee had been paid, whether by check or by cash. And

thus he could very readily ascertain just What the mans servicesamounted to. By this arrangement a great deal of time is saved, and atthe same time furnishes a record for the employer of just what amount ofwork and the class of work his men have been doing during the week. Thememoranda comprises or takes up the entire sheet, and certain symbolsare shown on o e side and others on the other side of the s eet, so thatwhen the sheet is folded in the middle it is necessary to have the backof the'sheet printed oppositely to the way it is on the other side, sothat when a page is turned, the

page on the left-hand sideof the book will have a certain kind ofsymbols or letters and the page on the right-hand side of the book willhave another set of symbols, and will have the data, which is not shown,on

the left-handside of the book.

Itis evident that slight changes might be made in. the form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from thespirit and scope of-m invention, and" hence I do not wish to limitmyselfto {)he exact construction herein set forth,

Havingfully described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is 1. A time-book comprising sheets for memoranda, having the,sheets ruled for forming spaces, some of the spaces designated toindicate the days of the week, and other spaces to contain the names ofparties emplo ed, marginal spaces and symbols arrange in columns alongthe upper edge of the sheet having"rulings leading therefrom for classesof work, said symbols adapted to of hours employed.

2. A time-book comprising sheets for mempranda, having the sheets ruledfor forming spaces, some of the spaces designated to indicate the daysof the week, and other spaces to-contain thenames of parties employed,symbols arranged in columns along the upper edge ofthe sheet and havlngrulings leading therefrom for classes of work, said symbols adapted tobe placed on the rulings oppositethe name of the employee, andbeneath'the day of the Week, together with the number of hours employed.10

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

. J. M. SPIKER.

Witnesses:

- E; F. Scocrr,

F. M. SYLVESTER.

